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=The Lady of Shalott by Walter Crane=

Basic information


Artist: Walter Crane

Title: The Lady of Shalott

Year: 1862

Medium: oil on canvas

Object type: painting

Current location: Yale Center for British Art

Description
The Lady of Shalott is a painting by English artist Walter Crane depicting a scene from a Victorian ballad with the same title by the English poet Alfred Tennyson. The poem is loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat. It tells the story of a girl held captive in a castle; she suffers from a mysterious curse and she cannot leave her room. The Lady of Shalott leaves her castle, finds a boat and floats down the river in order to find a man she saw from her tower. The painting shows a moment when the young woman is lying in a boat. She is probably already dead because of her curse. It is indicated for example by the colour scheme used by the painter. The colours are subdued and dark. The atmosphere depicted in the painting is gloomy and disturbingly peaceful.